A belated post from a week ago:-

Went to the fangled new store at Bangsar Shopping Village with all the hard-to-get stuff. Got these:-

XTC - Skylarking, Drums and Wires and Oranges and Lemons

Skylarking mainly cos it's a Music Babble (BBS chat forum I used to go) fave but it sounds cool. Drums cos it has Making Plans for Nigel, arguable THE song to accompany my early teenhood (tweenhood?) and Oranges cos it has Chalkhills and Children, a song dubbed very British by Mojo Magazine. They all sound pretty quirky and are psych-pop. Oranges even has a cool Sgt. Pepper-ish cover.

Booker T & The MGs - Best of

Well, I'm a big fan of the Memphis Muscle Shoals sound and an ardent admirer of Steve Cropper as well.The Meters - Best ofBeen meaning to get The Meters. Heard them and think they're incredibly funky and syncopatically weird, cos of the Mardi Gras parade rhythms. If nothing else, it'll improve my rhythmic guitar style considerably.

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

Mainly cos of pugs' (my San Franciscan fren from another chat forum) recommendations. It sounds terrific on the listening post. More claustrophobic than Swordfishtrombones, really.

Funkadelic - The Warner Bros years

Jus wanna get some smoother Funkadelic and also see what Public Enemy is raving about. Jus a bit peeved Eddie Hazel is no longer the resident guitarist.

Only heard them thus far on the listening post. Hope I won't be disappointed. Also ordered Midlake and Of Montreal's, Neutral Milk Hotel's and Apples in Stereo's latest.

(Post reproduced from post on "Only Solitaire", George Starostin's BBS chat forum message board)